Gate



A. HAMPTON.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. s. 1919.

1,411,697. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- A. HAMPTON.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1919.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,198.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AnLin HAMPTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanson, in the county of Hopkins and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to gates and operating mechanism, therefor, the primary object being to provide a gate which may be shifted longitudinally to an open or closed position from the drivers seat of a vehicle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a gate together with a manually operated mechanism whereby the gate may be either opened or closed with facility.

Another general object of the invention is to provide a gate having the above characteristics which is simple in construction, which consists of few parts, and which may be manufactured and sold at minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists of the combinations of elements, constructions and arrangements of parts, operations and general assemblage all' of which will be hereinafter enlarged upon and claimed, the invention being illustrated in the attached drawings, wherein 1- liigure 1. is a perspective illustrating the gate in closed position;

Figure 2. is an end elevation of the same;

Figure 3. is a side elevation of the gate in closed position;

Figure 1. is a likeview, the gate being shown in open position, the dotted lines indicating the gate in closed position.

Referring to the drawing wherein like characters of reference designate like parts in all the views the numeral 5 designates a gate which is movable longitudinally in di verging guides 6.

An inverted V-shaped swinging bracket is provided, the apex of which is loosely engaged with one end bar of the gate 5 adjacent its upper end and has its ends journaled in bearings 11 supported on the ground in any desired manner and disposed in alinement upon opposite sides of the gate. Parallel vertical standards 12 are positioned upon either side of the gate at its inner end and to the upper ends of each of these standards is pivoted a beam or leverl the inner ends of the levers being pivotally connected together as at 14 and suspended from these pivoted ends is a chain or other flexible element 15. A second swinging inverted V- shaped bracket is designated at 16, the apex of the bracket being loosely connected with a vertical post 17 arranged centrally of the gate, the ends of the bracket being pivotally connected at 19 with the vertical standards at their lower ends. A ii-shaped bail 18 is suspended from the flexible element and has its ends pivotally connected to the bracket 16 adjacent the pivoted ends as indicated at 39. Operating chains 20 depend from the free ends of the levers by means of which the bail .18 is actuated to move the gate.

A striking post 21 is provided which serves to limit the movement of the gate in one direction and retains the same against vibration. The post 21 has an angularly disposed upper end provided with a seat 51. Assuming the gate is to be moved to the dotted line position illustrated in Figure 4, one of the chains 20 is pulled downwardly thus swinging the brackets 10-16 to the left of the vertical standards. In order to close the gate either flexible element is pulled downwardly.

T his embodiment of the invention is illustrated only and it Will be understood that the same may be modified in many respects and that such limits of modificationare only governed by what is claimed.

What is claimed is In a device of the class described, a striking post having an angularly disposed up per end provided with a seat; standards sup ported solely at their lower ends; a gate; inverted V-shaped front and rear brackets, the apex of the rear bracket being mounted pivotally in the rear portion of the gate, and the apex of the front bracket being mounted pivotally in the intermediate portion of the gate, the brackets constituting means for carrying the gate horizontally and downwardly into the seat; means for mounting the lower ends of the rear bracket pivotally; means for mounting the lower ends of the front bracket pivotally on the standards; diverging guide pins supported at their lower ends and located adjacent to the standards, and diverging guide pins supported at their lower ends and located adjacent to the striking post, all of the guide pins cooperatmy own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARLIE HAMPTON.

Witnesses:

DAVID N. LAMB, STANLEY THOMAS. 

